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Carved Wooden Walking Sticks

These are two of my recent carvings....they are Christmas gifts for my son and his new bride.
Carved from poplar and bass wood...one is a Ram's head and the other a coyote. Both heads remove to reveal a large plastic test tube with cap, to be used to carry liquids of inspiration to the hiker...
They each have about 12 coats of Laquer sealer on them and then hand waxed...the glossy look will fade shortly to a satin matte...they look wet in the pics because I had just sprayed them.
I had lots of fun, but it was a lot of work, many hours....hope you like them,
crits and comments always welcome....
Mah ' Crub

Very nice! I love poplar. It's not too hard or soft. I wish it didn't green-up on me sometimes. Overall, it's a nice wood with a decent grain that's not too tight or loose.
Get a foredom, if you don't have one, it makes short work of carving!

CombatMatt...Thanks for the nice comment, and yes I have done a bit of chainsaw art, and I also have a chainsaw blade attatchment for my grinder as well....The grinder is my most useful wood removeal tool for roughing out shapes and the chainsaw attatchment,{ called a Lancelot,,,I think.} is a real wood eater.

"I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water-based pink meat, life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand."
-Devin Townsend

The Following User Says Thank You to docdee For This Useful Post:

Thanks Doc, the head and shoulders of the ram are about 10" long, and the stick is about 5'9" with the head on. Everyone seems to like the fact that is has a built-in flask...lol, says a lot about hikers...now I know why so many get lost...

"I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water-based pink meat, life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand."
-Devin Townsend